Truman Handy Newberry

Truman Handy Newberry (5 November 1864-3 October 1945) was US Senator from Michigan (R) from 4 March 1919 to 18 November 1922, succeeding William Alden Smith and preceding James J. Couzens. He was also Secretary of the Navy from 1 December 1908 to 4 March 1909, succeeding Victor H. Metcalf and preceding George Meyer.

Biography
Truman Handy Newberry was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1864, the son of Congressman John Stoughton Newberry. He worked in the railroad industry and served in the US Navy during the Spanish-American War, leading to his appointment as Secretary of the Navy from 1908 to 1909. From 1919 to 1922, he served in the US Senate, and he resigned after a reversing a conviction for electoral irregularities. He died in 1945.